I was driving out of Woodcreek about 9 a.m. today, and about where Woodcreek Drive intersects with Ranch Road 12 it started snowing.

Big, puffy, wet Amarillo-style flakes.

On my drive into San Marcos, the snow kept up until about Wimberley Glass. Then it was just rain.

Of course, it was 37 degrees, too hot to stick, but I bet it gave kids a thrill to think about it.

My two grandsons have seen snow accumulate on the ground only once in their lives (the oldest is 16). That was back in 2006 or 2007 when we were living in Wichita Falls, and the boys and their mom came to visit about Christmastime.

It snowed for about as long as it ever does in Wichita Falls, but it was deep enough for the boys to make snow angels and snow ice cream and snow balls and a snowman and, yes, yellow snow.

Oh, I could tell you some snow stories. I grew up in Amarillo and lived there until 1983 when it snowed 48 inches in one week, stranding me for days at my workplace, a TV station north of town.

By the way, Amarillo is said to have gotten 13 inches of snow last night and today.

I just finished reading "The Moth," a compilation of 50 stories told by various participants in the National Public Radio show of the same name.

The idea behind "The Moth," the NPR radio show, is that individuals with interesting true stories to tell will work with a director to develop a tight talk, then give that speech at regular live events that are recorded and replayed.

The stories in the book are very short because the talks were short. And they are almost all intriguing.

I wanted to read "The Moth" because I really enjoy listening to "The Moth" as I drive to San Marcos or Dripping Springs to go grocery shopping.

Humans have apparently always loved hearing stories. At least that's what I learned in school (and, in the case of The Bible, at church). Long before anything was written down, the stories were told.

James Atlas, writing an op-ed piece in Sunday's edition of The New York Times, illuminates the growing popularity of podcasts and makes reference to some gate-keepers who have websites where you can keep up with what's new in podcast tale-telling via podcasts.

I'm not up on podcasting, but plan to get there. A good story is a good story regardless of format.